diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
index 5cb027eef460..c96230bcf18d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
-, google_auth, protobuf, googleapis_common_protos, requests, grpcio, futures, mock, pytest }:
+, google_auth, protobuf, googleapis_common_protos, requests, setuptools, grpcio, futures, mock, pytest }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-api-core";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     googleapis_common_protos protobuf
-    google_auth requests grpcio
+    google_auth requests setuptools grpcio
   ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.2") futures;
   checkInputs = [ mock pytest ];